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DAN ALLEN VANEREM
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 28, 1947 – January 5, 1969
Service recordDan Allen Vanerem, of Green Bay, Wisconsin, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 5, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 41
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Radio Operator (2531)
- Born
- July 28, 1947
- Home of record
- Green Bay, Wisconsin (Brown County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 5, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date January 5, 1969; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 41
- DAMIAN THOMAS TOMASKOFirst Lieutenant · January 5, 1969
- JOE JEFFERSON BRACKENSPrivate First Class · January 6, 1969
- ROBERT REINHARD CHACONPrivate First Class · January 6, 1969
- JOHN EDWARD FRANCEWARSergeant First Class · January 6, 1969
From Green Bay
- JAMES DAVID LAHAYECommander · May 8, 1965
- RICHARD CHARLES MCKEE JRPrivate First Class · March 5, 1967
- DANIEL RAYMOND SMEESTERCorporal · July 1, 1967
- RICHARD THOMAS JACKSONSergeant · January 6, 1968
- JAMES RICHARD LOYHospitalman · January 11, 1968
- JOSEPH LLOYD BEGOTKASergeant · January 27, 1968
- LAWRENCE NORBART STANGELConstructionman · January 31, 1968
- GEARWIN PHILLIP TOUSEYPrivate First Class · February 25, 1968
- JOSEPH DEAN SEIBERTSergeant · March 6, 1968
- FRANK VINCENT HERRERASergeant · April 4, 1968
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.